Holder for reserve toilet tissue roll



Jan. 10, 1967 J. c. TURRO 3,297,265

HOLDER FOR RESERVE TOILET TISSUE ROLL Filed Aug. 26, 1965 INVENTOR. 3d\/e 0v: 7? eeo United States Patent O" 3,297,265 HOLDER FOR RESERVETOILET TISSUE ROLL Jerome C. Turro, 245 Rumsey Road, Yonkers, N.Y. 10705Filed Aug. 26, 1965, Ser. No. 482,875 6 Claims. (Cl. 242--55.2)

This invention relates to a holder for a reserve toilet tissue roll, andmore particularly to a device for holding a reserve roll of toilet paperor the like in a convenient position for immediate use upon depletion ofa previous roll.

It is-an object of the invention to provide a device for holding areserve roll of paper, which will be relatively simple and inexpensiveto fabricate, for example, out of injection-molded plastic material.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a device for holdinga reserve roll of paper which will fit and can be readily installedwithout tools in any standard domestic bathroom toilet-paper holderinstallation.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device for holding areserve roll of paper which is telescopically adjustable to accommodaterolls of paper of varying lengths.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a device for holdinga reserve roll of paper with hook means which can engage existingconventional pivot rods, and which hook means are adjustable to avarying distance apart, so that the device can fit any standardinstallation.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a device for holdinga reserve roll of paper which permits easy handling and access forfingers to insert or remove the reserve roll in the device.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a device for holdinga reserve roll of paper which will be compact and occupy a minimum ofspace, and which will be attractive and serve not only to hold the rollin reserve storage position, but which will also provide a pivot axisfor unrolling paper from the roll.

These, together with various ancillary objects and features of theinvention which will become apparent as the following descriptionproceeds, are attained by this device for holding a reserve roll ofpaper, a preferred embodiment of the device being illustrated in theaccompanying drawings by way of example only, wherein:

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of the device, with the roll ofpaper to be supported thereby shown in phantom lines;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view of the device of FIG. 1, in assembledcondition, shown partly in section; and

FIG. 3 is a section taken along line 33 of FIG. 1.

The same reference characters are used to designate the same orfunctionally similar parts throughout the several views. The deviceaccording to the invention comprises a pair of members designatedgenerally as 10, 12 respectively. The member comprises an arm portion 14and a horizontal tubular portion 18 fixed at right angles thereto, thearm 14 defining a flange 19 at the junction. Similarly, the member 12comprises an arm portion 16 and a horizontal tubular portion 20, adaptedto fit and slide telescopically into the tubular portion 18 of themember 10, and the arm 16 defines a flange 21 at the junction of the armwith tubular portion 20. The horizontal member 18 is preferably moldedintegrally with the arm 14 at right angles thereto, and the horizontaltubular portion 20 is similarly molded integrally with the arm 14 ofmember 12 at right angles to the latter.

The inner faces of the members 10, 12 form planar surfaces 22, 24respectively so as to be able to rest closely against the respectivelateral surfaces 26, 28 of a roll 30 of tissue or other type of paper tobe supported. Since the tubular portion 20 of member 12 slidingly fitstelescopically into the horizontal tubular portion 18 of 3,297,265Patented Jan. 10, 1967 member 10, and may be moved in either directionas indicated by arrow A in FIG. 2, the spacing of planar surfaces 22, 24can be adjusted to allow for variation in the distance of one surface 22from the other 24.

Integrally molded into the upper end of each of the arms 10, 12 are hookmeans 32, 34 which define respective bights 36, 38, adapted to engagethe-end pins or the shaft of conventional existing horizontal supportswhich hold standard rolls of toilet tissue.

Integrally molded into each of the arms 10, 12 and opening inwardly intothe respective planar surfaces 22, 24 are depressed cavity openings 40,provided to facilitate handling of the reserve roll 30, so as to permitinsertion of a finger laterally of the surfaces 26 or 28 beyond thesurfaces 22 or 24. Accordingly, the upper end 42 of each recess opening40 is located at a distance from the axis of the tubular member 18 or 20a distance greater than the radius of the roll 30 to be supported.

Another purpose of the recesses 40 is to provide more uniform wallthickness and to facilitate injection molding of the device out ofplastic material.

When the device is made of plastic material, the surface thereof can bemetallized or coated with a metallic material in a known manner toenhance the appearance thereof, so that it will blend with bathroomfixtures and accessories.

Operation of the device is as follows. The roll 30 to be suspended as areserve roll is placed into position through one end of its axialopening 44 onto one of the tubular portions 18 or 20 of the members 10or 12. The other member portion 20 or 18 is then inserted through theopposite side of the opening 44 to telescopically engage the firsttubular horizontal portion inserted. The faces 22, 24 are then pressedtoward each other until they are the proper distance apart for the books32, 34 to engage the respective pivots (not shown) of the installationfrom which the device for the reserve roll is to be suspended. Thebights 36, 38 are then hooked into position. The roll 30 is thus storedon combined shafts 18, 20 until ready for use, and then may be eitherremoved and placed into the standard holder installation from which thehooks 32, 34 are suspended; or the roll 30 may remair on the shaft 18,20 and be unwound gradually and usec' directly from its installation onthe device above describet and illustrated.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art, upon study of thisdisclosure, that this invention permits 0 various modifications andalterations with respect to th individual components and arrangementsdisclosed, an hence can be embodied in apparatus and devices othe thanas particularly illustrated and described herein, with out departingfrom the essential features of the inventio and within the spirit andscope of the claims annexe hereto.

I claim:

1. A device for holding a reserve roll of toilet pape comprising a pairof members, each of said membei having a tubular horizontal portion andan arm fixed one end of each of said tubular portions at right angltthereto, each arm having a flange provided with an ll wardly facingplanar surface of a length at least as gre. as the radius of the reserveroll to be held, each tubul: horizontal portion adjustably andtelescopically matii with the other to allow variation in the distanceof t] inwardly facing planar surface of one arm from the othe 2. Adevice according to claim 1, including hook mea on each of said arms forsuspending said device.

3. A device according to claim 1, wherein each a1 has a depressed cavityopening into the planar surfa thereof for facilitating handling of thereserve roll.

4. A device according to claim 3, wherein each cavf extends to alocation along the corresponding arm a d References Cited by theExaminer UNITED STATES PATENTS 2/1900 Gurney 242-552 6/1959 McConnell242-552 FRANK J. COHEN, Primary Examiner. L. D. CHRISTIAN, AssistantExaminer.

1. A DEVICE FOR HOLDING A RESERVE ROLL OF TOILET PAPER COMPRISING A PAIROF MEMBERS, EACH OF SAID MEMBERS HAVING A TUBULAR HORIZONTAL PORTION ANDAN ARM FIXED AT ONE END OF EACH OF SAID TUBULAR PORTIONS AT RIGHT ANGLESTHERETO, EACH ARM HAVING A FLANGE PROVIDED WITH AN INWARDLY FACINGPLANAR SURFACE OF A LENGTH AT LEAST AS GREAT AS THE RADIUS OF THERESERVE ROLL TO BE HELD, EACH TUBULAR HORIZONTAL PORTION ADJUSTABLY ANDTELESCOPICALLY MATING WITH THE OTHER TO ALLOW VARIATION IN THE DISTANCEOF THE INWARDLY FACING PLANAR SURFACE OF ONE ARM FROM THE OTHER.